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Tag: animal
Posted inCulture
Animal, a New Queer Bar, Is Taking Over The Breakers Space
And thus the Exley to Animal bar-hopping pipeline was born.
Posted inEnvironmental
Raccoons Invade Greenpoint
Last week my pleasant stroll down Franklin Street was interrupted by a horrible sight—a dead raccoon lay just in front of me on the sidewalk. The raccoon, who measured about […]
Posted inArt, Community, Eat & Drink, News, Uncategorized
We wanted to know: What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever eaten?
On behalf of Greenpointers Recipes Gone Wild, I spent last Saturday at the Food Book Fair Foodieodicals asking attendees to share with me the wildest thing they had ever eaten. […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Recipes, Uncategorized
Recipes Gone Wild: Grandma Ethel’s No-Bake Chocolate Matzo Layer Cake
Drop those yeasted baked goods, my friends, because tonight Passover begins! This very important week on the Jewish calendar, sometimes referred to as the “season of freedom” (what could […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Recipes, Uncategorized
Recipes Gone Wild: Springbok ‘n’ Rolls
I learned a new word this weekend: pronking. It’s what animals like springboks, gazelles, and antelopes do when they bounce up into the air, getting all four hooves off the […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Indian Upma with Oats
Happy spring, and happy Monday, Greenpoint. I’m resolving to be healthy and renewed after a shameless and somewhat regrettable Saturday night binge on freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, prompting a […]
Posted inCommunity, News
I Found This Cat… Sam The Cat
Sam the Cat was taken in after living on the streets for more than a year. It was right before last week’s snowstorm when we found her and she was […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Recipes
Recipes Gone Wild: Roasted Corn Salad – What to do if you see a raccoon or have an adundance of corn…
There’s nothing much cuter than a fuzzy raccoon, even when it’s peeking out of a greasy dumpster in the summer heat.  Case in point here. But if you have the […]
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(Updated) Badass Bird: Kestrel on McGuinness Blvd.
Since this posting I have investigated further and believe that the bird pictured is in fact an American Kestrel – which are just as bad ass birds of prey. In […]